Inscription
lower left in plate: Jo. Bap. Moretti et Filii del. e Pinx.; lower right in plate: Jo. Bap. Brustoloni sculp.; across bottom in plate: Vesperi Diei Nativitatis Domini. Principe, Senatu comitante, auratis Naviliis Regio apparatu ad Ecclesiam S. Georgii Majoris proficiscente, Populus undequaque confluit. / Apud Ludovicum Furlanetto supra Pontem vulgo dictum dei Baretteri C.P.E.S.; by later hand, lower left in graphite: P8187
Provenance
(David Tunick Inc., New York); Dr. Ruth B. Benedict (1913-1993), Washington, 1981; bequest to NGA, 1994.
Exhibition History
- 1994
- A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994, no. 40.
Bibliography
- 1981
- Italian Prints of the Eighteenth Century. David Tunick, New York (cat. 11), 1981: no: 12.
- 1989
- Constable, W.G. Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697-1768.2nd ed. revised by J.G. Links. 2 vols. Oxford, 1989.
- 1994
- A Discerning Eye: Prints and Drawings Given by Ruth B. Benedict. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: no. 40.